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A video of a 13-year old’s emotional speech for his father who died in the Iran plane crash has gone viral for the young man’s maturity.
Ryan described his father as a strong man and said that he was a positive person who wanted his loved ones to remain optimistic through tough times.
“He’d always tell me to stay positive through the dark times and through the good, when we’d get stuck in traffic or when I couldn’t get the coffee that I wanted,” Ryan said.
Watch the video here:
Mansour Pourjam was among the 176 people killed after a Ukranian airline’s aircraft crashed on January 8 soon after taking off from Tehran. Though Iran initially denied allegations,it later released a statement admitting that it had shot down the aircraft and blamed a “human error” amid heightened tensions with the US military.
People who saw the teenager’s speech praised his grace and dignity. Here are some of the reactions:
https://twitter.com/anudubey2/status/1217656026721406977
https://twitter.com/jhorodyski/status/1217646919356272640
https://twitter.com/aunmela/status/1217687476606685184
https://twitter.com/eaztenderz/status/1217965562485256197
https://twitter.com/marshanfrommarz/status/1217641123637678081
https://twitter.com/momma72of2/status/1217815672501293057
https://twitter.com/GHManderson/status/1217789648346533889
Over 200 people were in attendance for the memorial service which was for Pourjam and another victim Fareed Arasteh, a PhD student in the university. Ryan, in his speech, said that he was moved to see so many people who came together to celebrate the lives of the two victims.
